Palau's famed "Rock Islands"
are a collection of rounded, foliage-covered isles which seem to float above the surface of the
water. Sitting in the far southwest of Micronesia, the archipelago of 343 islands of the Republic
of Belau (her traditional name) spreads north to south over 100 miles. The aerial view is rivaled
only by the diverse Technicolor of breathtaking reefs, drop-offs, blue holes, crystal caves and
World War II wrecks in her sub-aquatic ocean realm.